May All Your Skies Be Blue
An unforgettable novel perfect for fans of Louise Kennedy and Michael Magee
Fíona Scarlett
- 'Poignant
- .
- .
- .
- I
- loved
- it!'
- ELAINE
- FEENEY
'A
- beautiful,
- deeply
- affecting
- story.'
- DONAL
- RYAN
'Hugely
- compelling
- and
- utterly
- persuasive.'
- JOSEPH
- O'CONNORFrom
- the
- author
- of
- the
- beloved
- debut
- Boys
- Don't
- Cry
- -
- an
- unforgettable
- story
- of
- love
- and
- loss
- and
- how
- the
- ones
- we
- love
- never
- really
- leave
- us.
He's
- leaning
- in.
- I'm
- leaning
- in.
- 'The
- future
- is
- ours
- to
- make,
- Shauns,'
- he
- says,
- lips
- almost
- touching.Summer,
- 1991.Dean:
- sun-stung
- and
- sticky
- with
- cool
- ice-pop
- juice,
- walks
- to
- the
- middle
- of
- The
- Green
- to
- get
- a
- good
- gawk
- at
- the
- new
- salon.
- And
- at
- the
- owner's
- kid.
- Hands
- deep
- in
- his
- pockets,
- his
- jet-black
- mop
- of
- hair
- hides
- the
- tension
- in
- his
- face
- at
- the
- thought
- of
- going
- back
- home.Shauna:
- stands
- well
- hid
- behind
- her
- ma
- -
- her
- eyes
- dark
- and
- haunted
- like
- the
- rest
- of
- her.
- The
- salon
- is
- theirs,
- a
- fresh
- start.
- The
- smell
- of
- her
- ma's
- Body
- Shop
- perfume
- clings
- to
- her
- jumper
- -
- Shauna
- can't
- be
- anywhere
- else
- other
- than
- here.Instantly
- inseparable,
- their
- friendship
- blooms.
- But
- as
- time
- passes
- and
- tell-tale
- blushes
- and
- school
- fights
- develop
- into
- something
- deeper,
- conflicting
- responsibilities
- threaten
- to
- pull
- Shauna
- and
- Dean
- apart.When
- all
- seems
- lost,
- will
- they
- find
- each
- other
- under
- the
- same
- blue
- sky?**Readers
- adore
- May
- All
- Your
- Skies
- Be
- Blue:'I
- LOVED
- it
- .
- .
- .
- Scarlett
- is
- a
- fabulous
- writer.
- I
- was
- undone,
- bawling.'**
- ?????'Beautiful,
- devastating
- and
- raw.
- I
- don't
- think
- this
- book
- will
- ever
- leave
- me.'
- ?????'Absolute
- corker
- of
- a
- book,
- that
- I
- will
- be
- recommending
- to
- absolutely
- everyone.'
- ?????'Fíona
- has
- a
- rare
- talent.
- For
- writing,
- beautiful
- and
- sensitively,
- without
- resorting
- to
- sentimentality.
- For
- bringing
- characters
- to
- life.
- For
- representing
- the
- working
- classes
- as
- they
- are,
- as
- a
- diverse
- group.'
- ?????Praise
- for
- Boys
- Don't
- Cry:
'I
- can't
- remember
- ever
- reading
- anything
- so
- moving
- .
- .
- .
- It's
- so
- beautiful.'
- MARIAN
- KEYES
'Authentic
- to
- the
- bone.'
- KIT
- DE
- WAAL
It
- will
- break
- your
- heart
- in
- a
- million
- different
- ways.'
- LOUISE
- O'NEILL
'Powerful
- and
- poignant.'
- RUTH HOGAN
